精听建议：

先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

Lesson43 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth president of the United States. He was president 1 . He was also a boxer, a soldier, a rancher, and an explorer.This energetic man was not strong when he was a boy. He 2 asthma, a problem with breathing. His father wanted him to be strong. Roosevelt learned to box and did many other sports. Soon Roosevelt became strong and energetic.
After he became president, Roosevelt kept his body strong. He even boxed in the White House. One day, another boxer hit him in the eye.After that accident, Roosevelt became 3 in one eye.
Theodore Roosevelt had a 4 called “Teddy.” When he was president,he often went hunting.One day he went hunting with some friends and saw a small bear. He did not shoot the bear. He said the bear was too small and must go free. The next day the story of the little bear was in the newspapers. The newspapers named the little bear “Teddy” after the president.
Soon people called toy bears for children “teddy bears.”When he left the White House, Teddy Roosevelt went to hunt in Africa. He then went to South America to 5 places that nobody knew about.Americans loved his energy.

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